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Bengaluru: A wave of bomb threat emails targeting judicial institutions across Karnataka has triggered panic and heightened security measures. Anonymous emails claiming explosives had been planted were sent to multiple courts, forcing evacuations and intensive searches by police and bomb disposal squads. At the Madikeri court complex, an unidentified person sent an email claiming a bomb had been planted inside the premises. Acting swiftly, police evacuated lawyers, court staff and members of the public. The bomb detection and disposal squad, along with sniffer dogs, conducted a thorough search of the premises. No suspicious objects were found, and officials later indicated the threat appeared to be a hoax. However, the incident caused significant disruption to court proceedings. In a similar development, the district court in Davanagere received an email warning that an RDX bomb would explode at 12.30 pm. The message, reportedly sent from an individual claiming to be from Tamil Nadu, was addressed directly to a judge's official email ID. Judges and staff vacated the building immediately, and security personnel combed the area for explosives. After extensive checks, authorities confirmed there was no immediate danger. The situation escalated further when the High Court's Dharwad Bench received yet another bomb threat email. Lawyers stepped out of court halls as a precaution, while Garag police rushed to the spot and initiated security checks. Notably, this is the second such threat to the Dharwad Bench within a month, raising concerns about a possible pattern. In Haveri, a fax message warning of a bomb forced the evacuation of the district court, and all scheduled hearings for the day were cancelled. Similarly, a court in Ramanagara district, under the Bengaluru South jurisdiction, received an email claiming that 12 RDX explosives had been planted on the premises. Police teams immediately secured the location and carried out inspections. In recent weeks, Karnataka has witnessed an increase in bomb threat emails targeting educational institutions, government offices and public spaces. Although most have turned out to be hoaxes, authorities are treating every alert with utmost seriousness. Lawyers' associations and members of the public have urged the government to identify and take stringent action against those responsible for spreading fear and disrupting public institutions.
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) St Stephen's College and St Thomas School here received bomb threats through email on Tuesday, prompting authorities to launch a thorough search operation, with officials saying nothing suspicious has been found so far. Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Raja Banthia said St Stephen's College reported that they received the bomb threat at 7:15 am. "The mail claimed that four IEDs and two RDX bombs have been planted on the premises and in the library of the college. It further claimed that those would explode by 2 pm," the police officer was quoted as saying in a st ...Read More >
Moradabad (UP), Aug 1 (PTI) The Moradabad district administration has cancelled the allotment of a government bungalow granted to former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav. The Samajwadi Party (SP) has been asked to vacate the premises within 30 days. The bungalow, located in the posh Civil Lines area near the Police Training College (PTC II), was allotted to the SP patriarch 31 years ago. Spread across nearly 1,000 square meters on Nazul land, the property serves as the local SP office. District Magistrate Anuj Singh said the property is needed for housing officers and other ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The US consulate office in Chennai's Teynampet received a bomb threat on Tuesday, triggering a prompt response from security agencies. The Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) and the dog squad were immediately deployed to the site to conduct thorough checks and ensure the safety of the premises.Authorities carried out extensive checks across the consulate compound to ensure the safety of all personnel. As of now, no explosives have been found, and further investigation is under way to trace the source of the threat.Security around the consulate has been heightened, and official ...Read More >
Lucknow, Jul 14 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said the state's health services must be made future-ready to keep pace with global advancements and effectively respond to emerging challenges. He was speaking at the foundation stone laying and inauguration ceremony of various health projects worth Rs 1,000 crore at King George's Medical University (KGMU) here. Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, who also holds the Health portfolio, and Medical Education Minister Mayankeshwar Sharan Singh were present on the occasion. The chief minister said institutions like K ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): After prominent schools in the national capital received bomb threats, personnel from the Delhi Police and Fire Department were immediately deployed to the spots. According to officials, fire tenders and police teams were dispatched to the premises of St. Thomas School and Vasant Valley School after they received bomb threats via email. The Fire Department stated that nothing suspicious has been found so far, and the investigation is ongoing. Earlier, St. Stephen College at Delhi University also received a bomb threat. The email claimed that a bomb had been ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Four schools in Delhi received bomb threat emails on Wednesday morning, marking the third consecutive day of such threats that have disrupted educational institutions across the national capital. The Delhi Police said that so far, no suspicious object has been found at any of the locations, though searches are still underway. As soon as the alerts were received, emergency response teams rushed to St. Thomas School in Dwarka, Vasant Valley School in Vasant Kunj, Richmond Global School in Paschim Vihar, and Mother International School in Hauz Khas. The fire ...Read More >
New Delhi: Bomb disposal squads and K9 units of the Delhi Police were kept busy for the fourth day in the week after more than 20 schools in the national capital received bomb threat e-mails on Friday morning. The schools have been evacuated and search operations are underway. Bomb threats were received by three schools on Monday. On Tuesday, the St Stephen's College and a school in Dwarka received bomb threats. On Wednesday, seven schools around Delhi received bomb threats. The schools that received the threats on Friday include St Xaviers in Civil Lines, Richmond Global School in Paschim V ...Read More >
New Delhi: Panic gripped the national capital on Thursday morning as over 20 schools in Delhi received bomb threat emails, triggering a massive response from law enforcement and emergency services. According to police sources, several schools across different parts of Delhi received threatening emails claiming that bombs had been planted on their premises. School administrations immediately alerted the police, following which bomb disposal squads and dog squads were rushed to the locations. A senior police officer said, "We have not found anything suspicious so far. All necessary precautions ...Read More >
Delhi schools faced repeated bomb threats, causing panic. Delhi Police are investigating, finding the emails hard to trace due to encryption. Senders used VPNs and the dark web for anonymity. Directorate of Education issued safety guidelines. Schools increased security measures. Police are exploring all possible angles, including terror links. Parents expressed fear and anxiety over the disruptions. A fresh wave of bomb threats targeting schools and colleges has kept Delhi Police on its toes as ...Read More >
New Delhi: More than 20 schools in Delhi have received bomb threats via emails, officials said on Friday. According to the police, the Richmond Global School in Delhi's Paschim Vihar area has reported getting a bomb threat. The fire department and Delhi police rushed to the spot after receiving information about the bomb threats, the Department of Delhi Fire Services said. Further investigation is underway. This comes days after nearly ten schools and one college in the national capital received bomb threats via email over the last three days, prompting police action and temporary closures. ...Read More >
Gurgaon: Panic gripped HSV Global School in Sector 46 after it received a bomb threat via email around 12.30am on Thursday. After nearly two hours of combing the premises, no explosives or suspicious items were found. Police later said it was a "hoax". The anonymous message claimed explosives had been planted in different classrooms, hidden inside polythene bags. According to the sources, the person who sent the email wrote that he would be happy to see the destruction and hue and cry. The sender also said he would also end his own life after the destruction. While Friday's classes were cancel ...Read More >
Medak: Telangana State BJP President N. Ramchander Rao on Friday appealed to the people to give the committed party an opportunity to meet the aspirations of the poor and downtrodden. Addressing a large gathering of party workers in Medak, the BJP chief remarked that citizens have experienced the rule of the BRS and the Congress party and have had bitter experiences with the deceitful practices of both. He urged people to support the BJP wholeheartedly in the upcoming local body elections as a way to teach the ruling Congress party a lesson for its unfulfilled promises. Rao emphasized that t ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court received another bomb threat on Monday, marking the fourth such incident in the past three months. The court received an email from an unidentified sender, claiming that the building would be blown up. The court's registrar immediately informed Sola police, who arrived with a bomb disposal squad which sanitised the premises. No explosives were found, and the threat was declared a hoax.Inspector K N Bhukan of Sola police said, "The sender of the email made various allegations against the country's legal system and threatened to take revenge. A check of the prem ...Read More >
Four schools in Delhi received bomb threats on Thursday morning, prompting police searches and brief panic among parents and students. The Delhi Fire Department said that similar threats sent to three other schools were later found to be hoaxes. The schools that received the threats include CRPF School in Dwarka Sector 16, Sant Darshan Public School in Najafgarh, Shanti Gyan Niketan near Goyal Dairy, and Andhra School in Prasad Nagar. "We've checked all the schools and nothing has been found. T ...Read More >
A Kashmiri doctor, Muzammil Shakeel, was arrested in Faridabad. Police recovered approximately 360 kg of suspected ammonium nitrate explosives. A significant cache of arms, including a rifle and pistols, along with ammunition, was also seized. Shakeel is reportedly wanted for supporting the Jaish-e-Mohammed terror outfit in Srinagar. The operation was a joint effort by Faridabad and Jammu and Kashmir police. A Kashmiri doctor was arrested here on Monday, with around 360 kg of explosives suspecte ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad City Civil Court in Telangana on Tuesday morning received a bomb threat email. A bomb disposal squad reached the spot after receiving the information. Senior officials also rushed to the court. Authorities received the threat email at around 3:15 am, and after reading the email at around 11 am, the police were informed. The threat email was sent under the name 'Abida Abdullah', reported News 18. The court was vacated after the bomb threat email. The sender claimed to have planted bombs at four locations - the City Civil Court in the Old City, the Judge's Chambers, th ...Read More >
Gurugram, Jul 11 (PTI) Around 2,500 police personnel will be deployed during the Braj Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra on July 14, according to a statement issued on Friday. A holiday in government and private schools in Haryana's Nuh district has also been announced, it said. According to the statement, 14 DSPs have been deployed and 28 checkpoints set up at various locations along the route of the yatra. At the checkpoints, videography and thorough checking will be conducted to ensure the safety and security of participants. In addition, mounted police, sniffer dogs, a bomb squad, four drones, 21 ...Read More >
Jammu- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday reviewed the ongoing restoration work of the historic Mubarak Mandi complex, which was the power centre of the Dogra kings in Jammu, and stressed on enhancing its heritage appeal. The Mubarak Mandi Complex is one of Jammu's most significant architectural heritage sites and is envisioned as a comprehensive cultural centre, housing museums, conference venues and heritage hospitality services. Accompanied by Advisor Nasir Aslam Wani and MLA Yudhvir Sethi during the visit, the chief minister was briefed in detail on the multi-phas ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police is facing a new challenge in managing vehicle parking for the upcoming Shahid Diwas rally on Monday, as persistent rainfall threatens to render designated parking fields unusable. The fresh spell of rain on Friday, with more occasional rain predicted even on Saturday, has left cops worried as they believe the Maidan area can be filled with slush.The traffic department, which initially planned to utilise various fields across the city for parking buses and cars of parade attendees, is now frantically searching for alternative solutions on the main roads, stre ...Read More >
Rayachoti (Andhra Pradesh), Jul 3 (PTI) Two alleged terrorists from Tamil Nadu nabbed here recently after 30 years lived under "fake identities," and nearly 20 kg of explosives were seized from them, police said on Thursday. Abubacker Siddique, allegedly involved in the 2011 pipe-bomb planting attempt during BJP veteran and former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani's rath yatra in Tamil Nadu's Madurai and his accomplice Mohammed Ali were arrested earlier from here. Siddique was involved in several bomb blasts in south India and was arrested by the Tamil Nadu's Anti Terrorism Squad from his hid ...Read More >
Bombay Stock Exchange received a bomb threat via email. Mumbai Police were alerted immediately. A bomb squad and police officers searched the building. They found nothing suspicious. The email sender identified as Comrade Pinarayi Vijayan. The email claimed four RDX IED bombs were planted. These bombs were to explode at 3 pm. Police registered a case and started an investigation. Bombay Stock Exchange on Tuesday received an email threatening to blow it up, Mumbai Police said. The police were im ...Read More >
New Delhi: A day after bomb threats to three city schools, St Stephen's College in Delhi University's North Campus and St Thomas School in Dwarka Sector 19 received similar hoax emails on Tuesday morning. The threats prompted immediate evacuation and extensive searches by Delhi Police, including bomb disposal and dog squads, but no suspicious object was found at either location.According to police, St Stephen's College received the email around 7.15am. "The message claimed that four IEDs and two RDX explosives were planted on the college premises and in the library, warning that the devices wo ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) More than 45 schools and three colleges in Delhi received bomb threats via emails on Friday, triggering panic among the students and their parents. The threats, however, later turned out to be hoaxes. This was the fourth day this week that schools and colleges in the national capital were targets of bomb threats. Although the threats turned out to be hoaxes, many panic-gripped parents chose not to send their children to school on Friday. "I did not send my son (to school) today. It is not that we are panicking, but after repeated incidents, it feels safer to wait thi ...Read More >
Chennai, Oct 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Chennai Police on Friday received a bomb threat targeting the residence of Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan in the city, which subsequently turned out to be a hoax. The Estate Police Station in the city received an email claiming that a bomb had been planted at the Vice President's residence in the Mylapore area. Senior police officials, along with the sniffer dog squad and bomb detection experts, immediately mobilised in response to the high-security alert. Police sources confirmed that C. P. Radhakrishnan, who assumed the office of Vice President in ...Read More >
Special security measures have been implemented at key markets, crowded public places, and commercial hubs with high foot traffic. Delhi Police has deployed an adequate number of personnel across all districts, assisted by Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) as force multipliers to strengthen on-ground security. To manage heavy vehicular movement during the festive rush, the Delhi Traffic Police has deployed maximum manpower to regulate traffic, ensure pedestrian safety, and maintain public conve ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Panic gripped the Hyderabad City Civil Courts in Purani Haveli, Old City on Tuesday after a bomb threat email was received at 3:15 AM, noticed by officials at 11:00 AM. The threat, claiming explosives including RDX and IEDs were planted on the premises, led to an immediate evacuation of judges, lawyers, clients, and staff. Court proceedings were halted, and the area was cordoned off by the Mirchowk police. Bomb disposal squads, dog squads, and security teams are conducting a thorough search of the court premises, with no suspicious items found so far. The email also referenced an e ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A bomb threat received through an email, warning of RDX-based IEDs planted in several public places, including the City Civil Court and Raj Bhavan, put the entire police wing on the edge in Hyderabad on Tuesday. The security teams along with dog squads and bomb squads conducted thorough searches for more than 3 hours and found the threat was a hoax. The city Civil Court was gripped with panic following the email sent at 3:53 am warning that the RDX-based IEDs had been planted on the court premises. Court officials noticed the email at 11 am, which led to the suspension of work for ...Read More >
New Delhi: At least three schools in the national capital received bomb threats on Monday morning, prompting the emergency services to be called in, a Delhi Police official said. He said that around 8 am, police received calls regarding the bomb threats from CRPF Schools in Prashant Vihar and Dwarka Sector 16, as well as another school in Chanakyapuri. "Police teams immediately moved in to check the school premises," he said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) Ankit Singh said, "Early on Monday morning, Dwarka North police station received a PCR call informing about a bomb threat at the C ...Read More >
Amritsar, Jul 14 (PTI) The SGPC on Monday received an email threatening to "blow up" the Golden Temple, prompting authorities to beef up police deployment around the gurdwara, officials said. A bomb disposal squad was pressed into service, they said. Amritsar Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, while confirming the email threat, said an FIR has been lodged on the complaint of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC). The email received by the SGPC mentioned that the Golden Temple will be "blown up" with explosive material. Bhullar said the cybercrime wing of the Punjab Po ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) issued a statement on Tuesday confirming that it received a bomb threat via email from an unknown ID on the night of July 13 and as a precautionary measure, the exchange has stepped up its diligence and supervision at its premises. The statement also said that an FIR has been filed on this issue and all relevant authorities have been informed of the said mail. "Preliminary checks carried out by the relevant authorities have not found any suspicious element. The Exchange's operations remain unaffected and continue as normal," th ...Read More >